Begin text here:»Icey Lenora Teel, a well-known reader, entertainer,
lecturer, teacher, author, and playwright, was born on February 27, 1878 in
Nevada, Missouri.She moved to Iowa
with her mother and sister at the age of three when her father died.She was educated at the Ann Morgan School of
Speech and Acting in Chicago, the Northwestern School of Speech and Dramatics
in Evanston, Illinois, the Sargent School of Acting in New York, and the Eagan
School of Acting in Los Angeles.

Teel traveled extensively throughout
the entire country for her lecture tours. She also entertained soldiers during World War I when her regular
lecture circuit was cut short.From
1918 to 1934 Teel ran and taught speech, dramatic arts, and speech correction
in her own facility, the Teel School of Expression, in Davenport, Iowa.

Teel was married in 1934 and
subsequently stopped teaching in her school to help her husband, George
Harling, run his newspaper in Durant, Iowa.Icey Harling remained at the Durant
News for eighteen years as a writer and editor.

Icey Harling died as a result of a
fall on August 31, 1964 at the age of eighty-six.

The scrapbooks (1902-1973) contain newspaper clippings from Harling's
professional career, her community involvement, the activities of her students,
and activities revolving around her husband and family.The scrapbooks also contain programs from
Harling's performances, those from performances sponsored by her School of
Expression, and programs for her husband George Harling's band concerts.Many letters to both Harling and her husband
and photographs of them and of their family are also included.Loose items from the scrapbooks are filed in
box 5 under the title of the scrapbook.

The Legend Round Robin scrapbook
comes from a group with which Harling was involved.Members shared legends and stories with each other and compiled
them into a notebook.

The Maurice Harling scrapbook was
compiled by George Harling's son and contains items about his parents' lives
and about his own involvement in politics.

The
Miscellaneous series (1917-1962) contains
several of Harling's original written works, reviews, portraits, and
correspondence (1917-1971 and undated.)Also included are brochures from the Mary Andrew Clark Home in
California where Harling lived for seven years, and for Camp Dodge in Des Moines,
Iowa, where Harling entertained soldiers during World War I.